Pluck or plucking may refer to:

Removal

Plucking (hair removal) Plucking or tweezing can mean the process of human hair removal, removing animal hair or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's human body, body. In humans, hair removal is done for personal grooming purposes, usually ...

, the removal of hair, fur, or feathers *

Feather-plucking Feather-plucking, sometimes termed feather-picking, feather damaging behaviour or pterotillomania, is a maladaptive, behavioural disorder commonly seen in captive birds that chew, bite or pluck their own feathers with their beak, resulting in da ...

, a behavior in birds *

Plucking post A plucking post is a raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts before eating it. Purpose The elevated nature of the post allows fo ...

, as used by birds of prey to dismember their prey *

Plucking (glaciation) Plucking, also referred to as ''quarrying'', is a glacial phenomenon that is responsible for the weathering and erosion of pieces of bedrock, especially large "joint blocks". This occurs in a type of glacier called a "valley glacier". As a glaci ...

, a process related to glaciers

Music

* Plucking, the action of playing a

plucked string instrument Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing the string in such a way as to give it an impulse that causes the string to vibrate. Plucki ...

** ''

Pizzicato Pizzicato (, ; translated as "pinched", and sometimes roughly as "plucked") is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument. The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type of instrument : * On bowed ...

'', a method of playing string instruments * "P.L.U.C.K." (song), by System of a Down

Places

Pluck, Texas Pluck is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. History A variant name was "Stryker." A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and pa ...

, a community in the United States * Pluck, County Donegal, community served by

Pluck railway station Pluck railway station served Pluck in County Donegal, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is s ...

Other uses

* Pluck or

offal Offal (), also called variety meats, pluck or organ meats, is the organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, which varies by culture and region, but usually excludes muscle. Offal may also refe ...

, the internal organs of livestock * One of two U.S. Navy ships named USS ''Pluck'' *

Pluck (company) Pluck was an American Internet company based in Austin, Texas, that ran a website since 2005 that offered an RSS reader. The company was acquired by Demand Media Leaf Group, formerly Demand Media Inc, is an American content company that oper ...

, an Internet company acquired by Demand Media * PLUCK, an

RMITV RMITV is a not-for-profit, community access television production facility based at RMIT University City Campus in Melbourne, Australia. It is a full member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium, a not-for-profit consortium that ...

television series *

Pluck (magazine) Pluck or plucking may refer to: Removal * Plucking (hair removal), the removal of hair, fur, or feathers * Feather-plucking, a behavior in birds * Plucking post, as used by birds of prey to dismember their prey * Plucking (glaciation), a process ...

, British story paper running from 1894 to 1916 under

Amalgamated Press The Amalgamated Press (AP) was a British newspaper and magazine publishing company founded by journalist and entrepreneur Alfred Harmsworth (1865–1922) in 1901, gathering his many publishing ventures together under one banner. At one point the ...

* Lee Pluck (born 1982), footballer

Removal

Music

Places

Other uses

See also